Racket frame



Feb. 22 1927.

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Filed OCC. 16, 1925 lillllrlllllllilllllil Patented Feb. 22, 1927.

UNITED STATES `PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. REACH, 0F CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO A.. Gr. SPALDING 65 BROS., OF NEW YORK N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

RACKET FRAME.

Application led October 16, 1925. Serial No. 62,697.

This invention relates to rackets having a hollow metal frame construction wherein the frame ends form the base portion of the handle, the frame being bent to form a loop of suitable shape and provided with means for Stringing the loop with a suitable material for providing a striking surface.

More particularly, this invention relates to the construction of the throat of the racket whereby a convenient means is provided for Stringing the racket and at the same time a re-enforcing action is had at its throat. The manner of securing the handle portions with this throat in place is especially convenient and enables the racket to be constructed with added facility.

Reference will now be had to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is aview, oartly in section, showing the general construction of the racket frame. and throat piece.

Figure 2 is a View, partly in section, showing the manner of securing the throat piece to the frame.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3 3V of Figure 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a section on the line L -4: of Figure 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

In the drawings a represents a frame of a racket channelled on its outer edge as at b and formed in a suitable shape. The frame is provided with suitable holes and eyelets c through which the strings may pass. y

The ends d and e of the frame are brought together under tension in parallel and abutting relation and secured as by rivets f.

The adjacent sides of the end portions of the frame are provided with grooves g which extend up beyond the throat of the racket to provide a seat for a throat member 7L. l

The throat member h is secured into the throat of the racket between the two portions of the frame by means of suitable which form the yoke or throat of the racket.

The handle of the racket is then provided with a grip in a suitable fashion. It will be seen that the triangular skeleton throat piece provides a convenient means for Stringing the racket and does not add a great amount of weight to the structure although serving the function of the usual throat portion of a racket.

What I claim is:

In a racket having a metal frame member curved to form a throat portion between converging portions thereof and having its ends lying in abutting relationship to form the handle of the racket, channels in the opposed sides of the frame portions, a substantially triangular skeleton metallic throat piece fitting on two sides thereof into the channels in the frame portions, a feathered portion formedat the intersection of the two sides of the throat piece and fitting into the angle formed by the converging frame portions and tapered so as to extend between the handle portions substantially to the point of abutment thereof, a Stringing bridge formed by the third side of the throat piece, and means to secure the throat piece to the fra-me portions comprising rivets extending through proximate faces of the channels in the frame portions and the feathered portion of the throat piece.

This specification signed this 10th day of October, A. D. 1925.

WILLIAM F. REACH. 

